[TYPO3] migration prob again

[smile at ixnl.com]

help!! I just migrated a typo3 from a shared server to a VPS server, and
install tells me the dirs are not writeable. I looked and they are set to
755 and file to 644 but it doen't work, I tried changing the permissions
but it makes no difference. Is it an ownership issue, and what should it
be?

If it is, can someone give me a step by step on how to correct it, as I am
not a linux guru.

I have a VPS server wish sshell.PHP 5.16

I am lost (sad)

Thanks stan